Statements and Disclaimer

Disclaimer

Information is provided as general advice. Where appropriate, further advice should be sought from a medical practitioner. The appearance of individuals in this website does not necessarily indicate their sexuality or their HIV status.

Privacy Statement

The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) acknowledges and respects the privacy of individuals. We support and endorse the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 and will comply with these principles whenever personal information as defined by the Act is collected by us.

Information collected
When you look at this web-site, our server or our Internet Service Provider makes a record of your visit and may log the following information for statistical purposes:

Access to information collected
AFAO will not make an attempt to identify users or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect our Internet Service Provider's logs.

The above info information with exception of users' e-mail addresses will only be given to external agencies when independent evaluation is sought around a particular aspect of this site.

Use of information collected
We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. Your e-mail address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and it will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent.

This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.

Cookies
This web-site will use only session cookies and only during a search query of the web site. Cookies can be either 'persistent' or 'session' based. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiration date, and may be used to track your browsing behaviour upon return to the issuing web site. Session cookies are short-lived, are used only during a browsing session, and expire when you quit your browser. Upon closing your browser the session cookie set by this web-site is destroyed and no personal information is maintained which might identify you should you visit our web site at a later date.

Copyright Statement

In recognising the fundamental importance of information and education in working against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, materials produced by AFAO may be reproduced for non-commercial, personal research or educational purposes free of charge, provided the following citation is made: "Reprinted from [name of publication], published by the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations".

Queries regarding permission to reproduce material on this website produced by AFAO in conjunction with other agencies, or requests regarding reproduction rights of material for commercial purposes should be made to AFAO directly.

AFAO is a member of Copyright Agency Limited (CAL). If you have been engaged by AFAO as a contributor to one of our publications in the past, we may be holding CAL funds on trust for you. If you think this may affect you, please contact AFAO directly.